Monday, July 27, 2009

Play Money, by Julian Dibbell

Play Money is a book about something that doesn't exist. Or does it? This book examines the virtual economies of popular online games, such as World of Warcraft and Everquest. The author decides to take a break from his job as a professor and make some money off of this economy.

The way one could profit off of these economies is buy selling gold. Gold is the currency of these economies and players pay for gold with real cash money in order to buy better weapons, or houses. He makes some money off of the endeavor, but he figures that to make good money he would have to quit his job and sell gold full time.4 stars,Evan******This title is currently not available at the Tompkins County Public Library